노벨화학상 2인…크리스퍼 유전자가위로 생명과학 새시대 열어<br /><br />The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two female scientists for their role in developing a method for genome editing.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry,... naming two female scientists as the joint winners.<br />"The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has today decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing."<br />The two scientists worked on "genetic scissors" that can cut DNA at a precise location,... allowing for scientists to make specific changes to specific genes.<br />According to the Nobel Committee,... their work has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences,... and is currently contributing to new cancer therapies,... and may make curing inherited diseases a possibility.<br />So far,... using this technology,... known as CRISPR-Cas9,... doctors have been able to experimentally treat sickle cell disease,... with promising results.<br />While a female winner in Nobel Prize in Chemistry is rare in itself,... it's the first time ever that two female scientists have won.<br />Doudna,... an American,... is the president and founder of Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley,... while Charpentier,... a French scientist,... is with the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin.<br />Their breakthrough research was only published in 2012,... making the discovery recent compared to many Nobel winners,... who are often only honored after decades have passed.<br />In recent years,... the Nobel committees have been increasing diversity among researchers nominated for Nobel Prize in sciences.<br />They have previously been criticized for historically overlooking the achievements of both women and people of color.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
